HOLMES Family
Origin London, England
Accompanying Family 3 Children - John, Joan & Anthony
First settled in Woorooloo, WA
Original Occupation Machinist
Occupation in Australia Plant Attendant - BP Refinery
ASTURIAS
Departure Port Southampton
Arrival Year 1948
Fremantle
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East-enders John and Rose Holmes and their children were amongst the first English migrants to arrive in WA after WW2. Anxious to put as many miles between themselves and bombed-out London as they could, they sailed across the globe to start a new life in the ‘New World'.
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